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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1;

DQ LILLE.

FRUIT PRESS- No. 299,815. Patented June 3, 1884.

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D. LILLE.

FRUIT PRESS.

No. 299,815. Patented June 3', 1884K v &

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-UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEO DOMINIQUF; LTLLE, lR-ONGEUS, FRANCE.

FRUIT-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,815, dated June 3, 1884:.

Application filed April 7, 1884. (No model.) Patented in France May 21. 1883, X0. 155,620; in Belgium October 6, 1883, No. 62,807; in England Octoberll, 1833, No. 4,841 in Luxemburg October H, 1881!,No. 1110; in S\\'('(llll ()(lflllP-l' 15, 1583; in fllnly Oclnbcr IR, 1883, No. 16,021; in Denmark October 22, 1883, and in Norway November ll), 1831!.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOMINIQUE L1LLn,a-; citizen of the Republic of France, and arcsident of Troncens, in the Department of Gers, France, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fruit-Presses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying two sheets of drawings, which form a part of the same, and in which Figure l is a side view of the upper part of a fruit-press embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vercomprising a modification of my invention, and Fig. 4 is a top view of the latter.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to fruit-presses; and it has for its object to provide a device which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency, and in which provision is made whereby, at first, when comparatively slight pressure required or when the follower is to be raised, this may be done at a greater rate of speed than when heavy pressure isrequired, in which latter ,case the speed is diminished and the power increased.

To these ends the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings hereto annexed, A designates the upper portion of the pressbox, and B is the follower-stem, which passes through the cover 0. The upper end of the stem B is screw-threaded, as at l).

Resting upon the cover 0, and connected thereto in any suitable manner which will permit it to revolve freely, is a double spur or ratchet wheel, E, having an interior thread that engages the threaded portion of the follower-stem. Placed upon the wheel E, and connected thereto by means of keys F, is a likewise screw-threaded collar, G, having a laterally-extending arm, H, provided with one or more openings, I, into any one of which an operating lever or sweep J may be inserted.

Extending laterally from the cover, or, if

@preferred, from the body of the press-box, is

with which they are held in contact by the action of springs 0 bearing .gainst the outer sides of the said levers, and secured adjustatical sectional view of the upper part ofa press" bly to an arm or bracket, I, by means of a suitablyarranged tightening-screw, Q. The disk L has an opening, Q, to receive an operating-lever when required.

The operation of this device will be readily understood. \Vhen it is desired to raise the follower-stem, or when, at the start, it is desired to lower it with comparative rapidity,- the lover or sweep attached to the collar G, by revolving which the stem may be raised or lowered according to the direction of rotation;

,but when it is desired to increase the power at the expense of speed the sweep J is removed and placed in the opening Q of disk L, to which an oscillating motion is then imparted. This will bring the dogs of the levers M M alternately into engagement with the double-geared spurwheel, to which great power is thus imparted. The arrangement of the springs will. permit the requisite yielding motion to. each lover.

The modi licatiou. illustrated in Figs. 3 aud t of the drawings relates mainly to the substitution for the spur or ratchet-wheel E of awheel or disk, it having flanges S at its upper and lower edge The method of connecting this disk to the carer (I may here state that the wheel I), when used, may be connected to its cover in like manner) is shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, by reference to which it will be seen that th. hub of said disk has at its lower end an outward-cxtending flange, T, extending under a flange,= U, of the cover, with which it is thus connected in such a manner as to be capable of revolving freely. The flanges S are provided near their peripheries with reoesscs or perforations V, of wh" those in the upper flange alternate with those in the lower flange. The pivoted disk or block L is provided with recesses XV CV, in are pivoted on opposite sides of the fulcrum the levers M M, which in this case are provided each, near their ends, with two u nvardl 1. In a fruit-press, the combination of the ve1tically-1novable follower-stein having a screw-threaded upper end, a female-1hreaded disk or wheel connected with th cover of the press in such a manner as to l eapable of re volving freely, a female-threade(l eollarplaced upon and connected with the said disk, and having means, substantially as deseribed, for the attachment of a sweep or lever, a fixed bracket having a pivoted di 'nlii means, substantially as described, for tiltltl t-ri of an operating-lever, and a pair of levers piv otcd to the said disk, on opposite Sit es of its fulcrum, and having means, substan ally as described, for alternaiel y engaging the wheel resting upon the cover of the Hess-box, suhstantially as set l'orth.

In a fruit-press, the combination of the seraw-threaded lollower-stem, the cover, the doub e spur-wheel resting upon and connected with the cover, a fixed bracket, a disk pivoted to the latter, and having means, substantially s described, for the attachment of a lever, a

pair of lovers pivoted in the said disk, on opposite sides of its fulcrum, and provided at their ends with spurs or dogs engaging the upper and lower gearing of the double spurwheel, respectively, an arm or bracket, and springs attached. to the latter and bearing against the outer sides of the levers, which are thereby held in engagement with the spurwheel, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth:

3. In a fruit-press, the combination of the sever, the screw-threaded follower-stem moving vertically through the same, an inturned flange formed annularly upon the cover, a female-threaded wheel or disk resting upon said cover, and having a flange extending under the flange of thelatter, and the described mechanism for revolving the said wheel or disk with different degrees of speed and power, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of January, 1884.

DOMINIQUE LTLTJ F.

"Witnesses:

(VT'ANULTJE CiL-rnuorrm, EMILE KANT 1m. 

